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What source is the from? the link does not list the name of such a firm, and i'm highly suspicious of a claim that can't even seem to name this "mysterious" japanese firm. Not to mention the claim of 40% of the world's inventions seems to be a blatant tall tale in itself as inventions were going on throughout the world longer than the UK has existed. It also doesn't seem to match up. It claims 20% inventions are from America after France which suspiciously leaves out both Italy and Germany two juggernauts who were contributing just as much in that time period (much more than the USA was). Nothing about this statement seems to add up
i added Radar as it was Pioneered at Bawdsey Manor with the help of among others Henry Tizard,overdue i think. Bullseye30 ( talk) 16:32, 24 June 2014 (UTC)
It would appear that the English invented the English police like every other country "invented" its own police...what I mean to say is that the wikipedia article gives a whole list of prior forces which could reasonably be called police.
invented by a scot not an enlishman —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.157.114.84 ( talk) 22:34, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
The link at the bottom for Northern Irish inventions points to a (poor) Irish inventions page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Preally ( talk • contribs) 23:17, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
Tarmac was patented by Edgar Purnell Hooley, but originally developed by John Loudon McAdam, who was s Scotsman. The invention is therefore of Scottish. Rubisco ( talk) 14:52, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
John Loudon MacAdam merely invented Macadamization. Edgar Purnell Hooley added tar to that invention to create Tar MacAdam (TARMAC)in order to hold the road surface together. However Edgar Purnell Hooley was born in Wales in Swansea. He was working in England for English authorities but he himself was Welsh. should this be a Welsh invention? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alisterruddick ( talk • contribs) 10:33, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
chemistry: - discovey of buckminsterfullerene - sir harry kroto (discovered it with two americans)
engineering: - transistor - william shockley (is american and developed it in us along with two americans)
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Do you want source with that? CWUTIDIDTHAR? 188.221.145.66 ( talk) 18:51, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
Its a shame that this page, English inventions, is not a reliable and credible source of information since it is missing citations to support most of these claims.
For instance, the steam rail locomotive. Richard Trevithick wasn't the first to invent or even build a steam rail locomotive in 1804. That was done by John Fitch in 1794. The first farm tractor was not invented by an Englishman. The first tractor built was by John Froehlich, an American in 1892.
I question who has written this page and whether or not he or she can accurately define the difference between an invention and a development. The listing of rail engines and rail lines for example, they are developments and not inventions.
My suggestion is that someone should spend several hours doing some research and provide accurate and factual citations instead of listing disputable inventions with no evidence. Then perhaps this page will be taken more seriously. -- Yoganate79 ( talk) 03:55, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
AND TREVITHICK WAS CORNISH!!! :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.133.192.196 ( talk) 21:39, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
Richard Trevithick was actually Cornish. That's C-O-R-N-I-S-H for our 'friends' east of the border in England. I have amended the article accordingly, and I will make further edits if anyone tries to assert that he was English. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.221.82.219 ( talk) 21:25, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
Your up for a long hard disagreement and you will eventually lose if you want to edit it, your views cannot get in the way of his nationality being English 86.183.201.178 ( talk) 13:35, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
Surely it would make more sense to have a list of British inventions and if apropriate note which part of Britian they came from?( 82.8.220.29 ( talk) 20:22, 15 October 2009 (UTC))
its a shame that this article couldnt be about 'British' inventions but i can imagine the reasons why not...(i regard myself as Cornish so i'm a neutral party so far as that's concerned!) I think the Irish inventions page , arranged chronologically puts things in a more coherent manner in that 'inventions' ,'discoveries' and 'developments' then occur in some sort of contextual manner, which responds to the historically fluid definition of 'English/Britishness' and reflects genuine innovation in a particular space/time context - in this case 'England' - without being overtly nationalistic (!)
Wasn't that the world's first stored-program computer? Index registers are NOT its big claim to fame; it's the fact that its program code was stored in memory rather than being a physical device.
Dolly the sheep was cloned by 2 Englishmen what about putting that in the list. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.154.11.124 ( talk) 21:05, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
That not an invention, that's making a Z80 computer, nothing else. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.191.68.227 ( talk) 13:07, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
I removed 'Seed Drill' because it was an "improvement" and not an invention or discovery, my edit was reverted. Where are we drawing the line on what counts as an invention or discovery? Muleattack ( talk) 02:45, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
Would this article be better served formatted as a sortable table? The reason I ask is that I wanted to view the inventions by date, but in a lot of instances the date is omitted and it isn't worth creating a second list page. That way we could have a default sort by category, but allow users to sort by date or inventor if needed. I expect the counters to this idea would be the length needed and the additional complication of formatting. NinjaKid ( talk) 14:59, 1 March 2012 (UTC)
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What source is the from? the link does not list the name of such a firm, and i'm highly suspicious of a claim that can't even seem to name this "mysterious" japanese firm. Not to mention the claim of 40% of the world's inventions seems to be a blatant tall tale in itself as inventions were going on throughout the world longer than the UK has existed. It also doesn't seem to match up. It claims 20% inventions are from America after France which suspiciously leaves out both Italy and Germany two juggernauts who were contributing just as much in that time period (much more than the USA was). Nothing about this statement seems to add up
i added Radar as it was Pioneered at Bawdsey Manor with the help of among others Henry Tizard,overdue i think. Bullseye30 ( talk) 16:32, 24 June 2014 (UTC)
It would appear that the English invented the English police like every other country "invented" its own police...what I mean to say is that the wikipedia article gives a whole list of prior forces which could reasonably be called police.
invented by a scot not an enlishman —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.157.114.84 ( talk) 22:34, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
The link at the bottom for Northern Irish inventions points to a (poor) Irish inventions page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Preally ( talk • contribs) 23:17, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
Tarmac was patented by Edgar Purnell Hooley, but originally developed by John Loudon McAdam, who was s Scotsman. The invention is therefore of Scottish. Rubisco ( talk) 14:52, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
John Loudon MacAdam merely invented Macadamization. Edgar Purnell Hooley added tar to that invention to create Tar MacAdam (TARMAC)in order to hold the road surface together. However Edgar Purnell Hooley was born in Wales in Swansea. He was working in England for English authorities but he himself was Welsh. should this be a Welsh invention? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alisterruddick ( talk • contribs) 10:33, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
chemistry: - discovey of buckminsterfullerene - sir harry kroto (discovered it with two americans)
engineering: - transistor - william shockley (is american and developed it in us along with two americans)
Señor osvaldo ( talk) 00:19, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
Do you want source with that? CWUTIDIDTHAR? 188.221.145.66 ( talk) 18:51, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
Its a shame that this page, English inventions, is not a reliable and credible source of information since it is missing citations to support most of these claims.
For instance, the steam rail locomotive. Richard Trevithick wasn't the first to invent or even build a steam rail locomotive in 1804. That was done by John Fitch in 1794. The first farm tractor was not invented by an Englishman. The first tractor built was by John Froehlich, an American in 1892.
I question who has written this page and whether or not he or she can accurately define the difference between an invention and a development. The listing of rail engines and rail lines for example, they are developments and not inventions.
My suggestion is that someone should spend several hours doing some research and provide accurate and factual citations instead of listing disputable inventions with no evidence. Then perhaps this page will be taken more seriously. -- Yoganate79 ( talk) 03:55, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
AND TREVITHICK WAS CORNISH!!! :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.133.192.196 ( talk) 21:39, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
Richard Trevithick was actually Cornish. That's C-O-R-N-I-S-H for our 'friends' east of the border in England. I have amended the article accordingly, and I will make further edits if anyone tries to assert that he was English. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.221.82.219 ( talk) 21:25, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
Your up for a long hard disagreement and you will eventually lose if you want to edit it, your views cannot get in the way of his nationality being English 86.183.201.178 ( talk) 13:35, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
Surely it would make more sense to have a list of British inventions and if apropriate note which part of Britian they came from?( 82.8.220.29 ( talk) 20:22, 15 October 2009 (UTC))
its a shame that this article couldnt be about 'British' inventions but i can imagine the reasons why not...(i regard myself as Cornish so i'm a neutral party so far as that's concerned!) I think the Irish inventions page , arranged chronologically puts things in a more coherent manner in that 'inventions' ,'discoveries' and 'developments' then occur in some sort of contextual manner, which responds to the historically fluid definition of 'English/Britishness' and reflects genuine innovation in a particular space/time context - in this case 'England' - without being overtly nationalistic (!)
Wasn't that the world's first stored-program computer? Index registers are NOT its big claim to fame; it's the fact that its program code was stored in memory rather than being a physical device.
Dolly the sheep was cloned by 2 Englishmen what about putting that in the list. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.154.11.124 ( talk) 21:05, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
That not an invention, that's making a Z80 computer, nothing else. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.191.68.227 ( talk) 13:07, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
I removed 'Seed Drill' because it was an "improvement" and not an invention or discovery, my edit was reverted. Where are we drawing the line on what counts as an invention or discovery? Muleattack ( talk) 02:45, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
Would this article be better served formatted as a sortable table? The reason I ask is that I wanted to view the inventions by date, but in a lot of instances the date is omitted and it isn't worth creating a second list page. That way we could have a default sort by category, but allow users to sort by date or inventor if needed. I expect the counters to this idea would be the length needed and the additional complication of formatting. NinjaKid ( talk) 14:59, 1 March 2012 (UTC)
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